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Xbox 360 Controller is Coming Back for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC

Xbox 360 Controller is Coming Back for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 November 2022 / 23,820 Views

Hyperkin has announced it will release an officially licensed replica of the Xbox 360 controller, called the Xenon. The name for the controller is taken from the CPU used in the Xbox 360 console, which was codenamed Xenon.

The Xenon will be available in white, black, red, and pink, and it will work on the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. The controller does not have a release date or price yet.

There are minor changes to the Xbox 360 controller with the Xenon has it is designed to work on the latest Xbox consoles. The Start and Back buttons have been replaced with the Menu and View buttons, and the Share button has been added in the middle.

The controller is powered by a USB-C cable and has a 3.5mm headset jack.

Hyperkin in 2018 released a replica of the original Xbox controller, nicknamed The Duke, for $69.99. This controller also saw some minor changes as it was released for the Xbox One and PC. It also included a screen in the middle that showed the Xbox bootup animation.

Xbox 360 Controller is Coming Back for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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Leynos (on 22 November 2022)

Eh why? Series X controller is much much better

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JWeinCom Leynos (on 22 November 2022)

Nostalgia.

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SonicWariatPOL Leynos (on 22 November 2022)

It have good ergonomics of hold in hands. You didn't know that?

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Qwark SonicWariatPOL (on 22 November 2022)

So does the controller of the Xbox series

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Pemalite Qwark (on 22 November 2022)

The Xbox Series controllers are basically identical to the Xbox One controller, just with a share button.

Guess they didn't want to ruin a good thing!

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ice Pemalite (on 23 November 2022)

Series has the best xbox D-pad though! IMO

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Leynos ice (on 23 November 2022)

Agreed. First D-pad in 28 years to top Saturns.

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Chris Hu ice (on 23 November 2022)

The Series controller also feels slightly better overall than the X1 controller but I agree it has the best D-pad of all the regular XBox controllers. Since I have two Series controllers I would only buy the controller in the article if it was a cheap wired controller.

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method114 Leynos (on 22 November 2022)

I have both. They are both fine to me don't really see either as that much better. Series X gets the nod from me though because of the USB C connecting port. Micro USB is garbage and would always disconnect from my controller eventually.

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XtremeBG (on 22 November 2022)

why not just making the original 360 controllers backcompat ? I have so beautiful chrome gold (with rotating d-pad) controller.

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Ashadelo (on 22 November 2022)
  1. Series controller
  2. One controller
  3. original controller (duke/s)

  4. 360 controller

    I did not like the D-pad on the 360 controllers at all. Such an abomination!

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DonFerrari (on 22 November 2022)

Was it necessary? But yes they will probably make a profit on it.

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haxxiy (on 22 November 2022)

The return of the GOAT

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Wman1996 (on 23 November 2022)

The shape of the 360 controller is one of the best in gaming. I wonder if it will become the GameCube controller (nostalgia, comebacks) of Xbox .

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Chazore (on 23 November 2022)

I just want one for the nostalgia factor

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VAMatt (on 23 November 2022)

I don't think there have been enough changes to the Xbox controllers, aside from when they moved on from the Duke, to justify going back and purchasing things like this. It's too similar to the current one, doesn't provide any benefit. The only real difference is the colorway. So it's nostalgia, and nothing else.

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